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Jeannette Rankin was elected to Congress 4 years before the 19th Amendment. A Montana law made it work.

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Teacher donated $5,000 to plant trees in China. 27 years later, he’s moved to tears by the results.

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88 years ago, she defied a judge’s order to wear a dress in court. She went to jail in pants.

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